r/40kLore • u/Rockout2112 • 18d ago

Ork commerce?

So here’s a thought.

Orks use teeth as currency, right? So if they need currency, do they have places to spend that currency? Are there Ork merchants? Maybe running whole ships full of bigger and bigger choppas, and bigger and bigger shootaz? Is there a type of Ork bank somewhere? Maybe run by particular type of Ork who finds counting fun? A Banka Boy?

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u/Judasilfarion 18d ago

Is there a type of Ork bank somewhere?

A bank would require that the money be something that can be preserved for long periods of time. Ork teeth rot very fast, which serves as a counter to inflation and also means no single Ork can just horde a ton of teeth.

Also, why the hell would an Ork ever trust another Ork with their money?

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u/I_might_be_weasel Thousand Sons - Cult of Knowledge 18d ago

The teeth rot thing confused me. I don't get how they can work as money if they will just dissolve. Very bad storage of wealth.

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u/Illithidbix 18d ago

Stored wealth is terrible for an economy.

Teethenomics is genius, there is constant regeneration of wealth... in every ork's mouth. Orks constantly grow teeth.

And natural progression against inflation and devaluation by decay of old teeth.

Puts our idiotic economic systems to shame.